With no morning skate, we’ll go ahead and assume that the lines and defensive pairings for this afternoon’s game against the Sabres will remain the same as they were Friday night, so expect to see them shake out like this, with Philipp Grubauer back between the pipes:
Brooks Laich – Nicklas Backstrom – Troy Brouwer
Eric Fehr – Mikhail Grabovski – Alex Ovechkin
Jason Chimera – Marcus Johansson – Joel Ward
Aaron Volpatti – Jay Beagle – Tom Wilson
That would leave Martin Erat, Steve Oleksy and one of Braden Holtby or Michal Neuvirth as healthy scratches (with the other wearing the baseball cap), and Jack Hillen the lone injured scratch.